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[–] [email protected] 47 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Scratching post plus some gentle tutoring did the trick for my two. I like that they have something to scratch - it looks comfy as fuck, they stretch while clawing stuff.

[–] dandroid 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I have a some variety of scratcher on every corner of the couch. I have some rope ones, carpet ones, a low one. My cat really just prefers to scratch the couch. Any attempt to persuade her to scratch the scratchers, she sees as a fun game and scratches the couch more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

With my two, when they were ready to scratch the wrong thing, I simply picked them up and put them near the scratching post. No sweet talk, no scolding either - I didn't want to encourage them to scratch the furniture for attention.

[–] dandroid 1 points 7 months ago

My cat loves being picked up, so she would do it again for that alone.

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